As the summer came to an end, , and you didn’t disappoint. From your suggestions, we came up with a list of , which was duly met with excitement and annoyance on the internet. How could we have missed out ? Why on earth would we , when everyone in the known universe has played that already?
And so on.
So now for the follow-up, which I hope causes similar amounts of rage and disappointment: a very subjective take on the ten crappest, most frustrating board games in history, from the very well known to the decidedly niche.
What have we missed?
Man, you lot really hate monopoly.
As pretty much the only board game my family will play on Christmas Day (I haven’t introduced them to Ultimate Werewolf yet), I’ve got a soft spot for Trivial Pursuit, particularly if it’s an ancient edition that demands you remember minor facts about Princess Diana or a soap opera you forget ever existed.
My opinion is not shared.
Beloved of Red Dwarf’s Arnold Rimmer, Risk is the kind of game undergraduate history and politics students accidentally play for fourteen hours on the trot, until your French friend shouts ‘ah, the Urals! The last bastion of liberté!’ and reveals all the cards he’s been hiding under the table.
A strangely topical one, this. Children in public schools across America will be playing this as part of their curriculum if Trump makes it to the White House.
For people under 40, I should explain that Bread was a hugely popular sitcom from back when we only had four* television channels, no internet, and few other distractions from fears of impending nuclear war.
For people under 30, I should explain that Twin Peaks was... oh, . It’s brilliant and disturbing. But on no account play the board game tie-in.
Talking of right wing propaganda masquerading as family entertainment...
Controversial choice, controversial game. I’ll let reader explain.
A board game version of a . About as thrilling as it sounds.
